BLUE SKY VALUE

[James Grebe]

Hi Lar,
The problem is your wifes jack ass attorney, probably not her.  She would
know already how worthless a list of names can be I hope.
            James Grebe
R.P.T. and M.P.T.
 from St. Louis
pianoman@inlink.com
                  Creator of:
 Handsome Hardwood Caster Cups
                  and
Practical   Piano    Benches
"Tranquility Base"
E.T.A.     April, 1999
-----Original Message-----
From: Don <drose@dlcwest.com>
To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org>
Date: Monday, February 15, 1999 10:17 AM
Subject: Re: BLUE SKY VALUE


>Hi Larry,
>
>I once paid $5.00 for a list of 143 names and addresses. It was possibly
>the worst decision I *ever* made. It took me 5 years to break even. People
>don't want *another* tuner they want you.
>
>Blue sky value is perhaps $1.00 per name imho, and that would be for the
>*active* list so $800.00 max!
>
>
>At 07:29 AM 2/15/99 -0800, you wrote:
>>HI all,
>>
>>My soon to be ex-wife's attorney claims my business has some blue sky
value,
>>or good will value.  I'm curious what the rest of you have experienced
along
>>these lines.  If blue sky has value that holds up in court, how much and
for
>>how long, how is it calculated and how can it be worth anything to anyone
>>else if it's only of value to the service provider??
>>
>>On a related matter ......
>>
>>Give me some serious offers ........
>>
>>Established piano service business for sale .......
>>
>>1300 listed in database
>>800 active (within last two years)
>>abundance of PianoDisc and pneumatic player pianos
>>good mix of all brands new, or like new
>>not that many old uprights, plenty of grands
>>darn few institutions, 3 furniture stores, 1 community college, a hand
full
>>of churches, no lounges
>>excellent metro location
>>bring your own hardware and real estate
>>
>>Lar
>>
>>                                    Larry Fisher RPT
>>   specialist in players, retrofits, and other complicated stuff
>>      phone 360-256-2999 or email larryf@pacifier.com
>>         http://www.pacifier.com/~larryf/ (revised 10/96)
>>           Beau Dahnker pianos work best under water
>>
>>
>>
>Regards,
>Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T.
>
>Tuner for the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts
>
>drose@dlcwest.com
>http://www.dlcwest.com/~drose/
>3004 Grant Rd.
>REGINA, SK
>S4S 5G7
>306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner
>
>